Unstable layers in the mesopause region observed with Na lidar during the Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment (TOMEX)

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Liu, Alan Z ^a   Roble, Raymond G ^b   Hecht, James H ^c   Larsen, Miguel F ^d   Gardner, Chester S ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability; Lidar; TIME GCM

Indexed keywords

LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; OXYGEN; REMOTE SENSING; SODIUM; TURBULENCE;

EID: 2642546704     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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